Hand-stamp.



No. 628,766. Patented-July Il, i899. J. COUKE.

HAND STAMP.

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SPECIFICATION forming part OfVLetterS Patent N0. 628,766, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed October l1, 1898. Serial No. 693,252. (No model.) i

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Beit known that I, J AMES Coonnof Omaha, in the county of Douglas andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHand-Stamps, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exactdescription.

The object, of my invention is to construct a hand-stamp provided withmovable surfaces, upon which movable surfaces various information may beproduced-as, for eX- ample, the character of the article being stamped,the day of the month, the name of the month, and the time of day atwhich the impression is made.

A further object of the invention is to con struct a stamp of the abovecharacter in a simple, durable, and economic manner and so that thevarious movable parts may be manipulated accurately with ease andrapidity and by any person of ordinaryintelligence.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

through the principal portion of the stamp and a portion of the handle.Figs.` 2 and 3 are representations of impressions capable of being madeby the stamp shown in Fig. 1. Fig. et is a horizontal section on theline el. a in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of theiiangenings used in the construction of the stamp, as shown in Fig. 1.

. Fig. G is a longitudinal section through vthe main portion of a stamp.and a portion of the handle, the section bein g tak en practically onthe line 6 G of Fig. 8, the stamp shown in Fig.

v(i being asimplified form of that illustrated is shown in Fig. 1, inwhich a screw 10 is em-` ployed, provided with a head 11 at its lower inFigs. 2, 3, and i.

the collar 20, yet shorter, is mounted to re` head and the thread of thescrew. p A rubber or elastic Asleeve 13 is located around the threadedportion of the screw 10, and at each end of the said sleeve nuts arelocated on the threaded portion of the screw,fthe,said nuts beingdesignated, respectively, as 14 and 15, and the uppermost nut 15,together with a portion of the elastic sleeve 13, is adapted to beforced into an opening 16, made in the botL tom of the handle A. Undersuch a construction the impression portion of the stamp, which is to behereinafter described, has a con nection with the handle that is in ameasure flexible or yielding, enabling the impression surface toaccommodate itself to inequalities of the surface upon which animpression is to be made; but the connection between theimpression-surface and the handlemay be a `rigid one, if desired.

An adjustngnut 17 is mounted upon the surface 12 of the screw, thecollar being provided with a horizontal flange 18, and a disk 19, ofrubber or an equivalent material, is secured to the iiange 18a of thecollar, 18, and upon the impression-face of the said disk an `arrow orother pointer'is embossed, together Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection with printed matter-am `for example, the

lword Received7 and the ear l899-as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This diskmay be turned by rotating the nut 17, the nut being preferably providedwith a milled surface. A second collar 2Oa is mounted outside of thecollar 18, the collar 20 being adapted to turn around the collar 18, andthe said collar 201l is provided at its'lower end with a horizontalflange and at its upper end with fiat surfaces 20h, (shown best in Fig.5,) and a disk: 2O is fitted around the collar 2U, conforming to theattened surfaces 20, as shown in Fig. 1, and by means of the disk 2O thecollar 20 and parts attached thereto may be revolved independently ofthe movement of the collar 18 and its attached portions.

A ring 22, of rubber or similar material, is secured to the iiangedportion of the collar 20, and upon this ring 22 the names of the monthsof the year are produced, as is shown A collar 23a, similar to end and apolygonal section between the l volve around the said collar 20,thecollar 23il being also provided with a horizontal flange and withdepressions at opposite sides to receive a disk 23, as vshown in Fig. l,the collar 23a being` turned by the movement of the disk 23. The collar23 carries a ring 24, of rubber or other elastic material, upon whichthe numerals indicating the days ot' a month are produced, the ring 24moving independently of the inner ring 22 and the central disk 19. Adisk25 is mounted to revolve around the'collar 23a between the flange ofsaid collar and the disk 23, connected therewith. The disk 25 extendsoutwardly beyond the disks 2O and 23, as shown in Fig. l, and isprovided with a down wardly-extending flange A ring 27, of rubber orother elastic material, is attached to the flanged disk 25, and thisring has produced upon it numerals denoting antemeridian andpostmeridian hours. The various rings, which may be made of othermaterial than the material mentioned, are usually provided withapertures, as shown in Fig. 1, in order that as much elasticity aspossible may be obtained. In this form of the device the ring 22 isadjusted until the name ofthe current month is brought opposite thepointer, and the ring 24 is adjusted until the desired day of thecurrent month is brought over or opposite the name ofthe month, andfinally b y holding the nut 17 the outer disk 25 is turned until thehour or the fraction of an hour is brought opposite the day of themonth, so that when the impression is made it will indicate, forexample, the year the letter is received, the day ot the month, and thetime of day that it is received.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a simplified form ofthe device, in which acentral disk 19a, of rubber or a like material, is atl ached to the headof the pin l0, and this disk is provided with a recess 28, in which type29 may be set up, expressing the year, the month, the day of the month,and whether' the impression is made during day-time or night-time; andthe disk 19a may also have the word Received produced thereon. The diskis also provided with a pointer. A disk 3l, corresponding to the disk25, is made to revolve around the central disk 19, and the disk' 3l ispreferably located between the central disk 19 and a washer 30, the disk3l being made to carry a ring 32, also preferably made of a yieldingmaterial, upon which disk the hours and fractions of an hour 33 may beproduced, as indicated in Fig. 7. In this form of the device after thetype has been set up in the recess 28 and before the impression is madethe disk 3l is turned until the hour or fraction of the hour at whichthe impression is to be produced is brought opposite the pointer on thecentral disk.

I desire it to be understood that the various parts of theimpression-surface of the stamp may contain any desired data-such aspounds, bushels, tc-instead of dates and divisions of time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.-

l. An impression-stamp, consisting of a handle, ascrew fitted to turn onsaid handle, a nut fixedly attached to said screw and by which thelatter is turned, an im pression-disk fixedly secured to said screwwhereby to move with the same, and a second impressiomdisk mounted uponthe first-named impressiondisk and movable independently thereof, as setforth.

2. In an impression-stamp, an impressionhead consisting of a screw, anut fiXedly tted on said screw and by which the latter is turned, a diskfiXedly fitted on the outer end of said screw and provided with animpression-disk, and additional disks mounted one upon the other on saidfirst-named disk and movable independently thereot` and of each other,as

and for the purpose set forth.

`3. In an impression-stamp, an impressionhead consisting of a screw,acushion secured to the upper portion of the screw, a nut attached tothe said screw, through the medium of which it is turned, a disk securedto the said screw, and an impression-disk attached to the disk carriedby the screw, sundry of the disks being mounted to revolve independentlyaround the said screw, each of the additional disks being provided witha ring having an impressionsurface, the central impression-disk beingadapted to contain memoranda and a pointer, and the rings items of anydesired character, as described.

JAMES COOKE. Vitnesses:

JOHN J. STARKS, DWIGHT V. ILER.

